Trial of Scopes Opens as Defense Seeks Bible Science Clash
Dayton Tenn July opening of the Scopes trial features John T. Scopes charged with violating the Tennessee anti evolution statute. Defense outlines that creation theories exist and that evolution is a science issue not a religious one. Malone presents statute and the state must prove Scopes taught both theory and denial of biblical creation. Photographers pack the room as witnesses readied.
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Sebiart
Dayton
Tenn
Associated Press
John Thomascopes
Avith
Sword
Scopes
Ben —T. McKenzie
Maite
Raulston
Ste Room
Daly
Wiliam Jennings Bryy
Dudley Field Malone
Bryan
General- Stewart
Malone
John' Thomas Stopes
Dudley Field
Tennessee
Scopes Case Judge Denies Motion to Quash Indictment
Dayton Tenn July 15 Judge John T Raulston denied defense motion to quash the indictment against John T Scopes in the Tennessee evolution law case. The judge upheld the act caption as broad enough to cover body provisions and ruled the defendant must plead further. He rejected claims the act Violates constitutional rights to worship and teachers’ employment. The decision was read after extensive argument and photographers were allowed to view with the document.
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Court Room
Dayton
Tenn
Associa
Ess
John T. Raulston
John T. Scopes
Tennessee
Mornday
Raulston
Legisalture
State of
Prg
Cory too valuable to feed to steers
Chicago July 15 A P high corn prices create beef steer shortage and surplus grass fed cattle. Desirable matured steers scarce as top prices surge to new highs since 1920. Prime settle price hits 14.25 per hundredweight rising 2.60 in two weeks.
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Chicago
Tofa
New Man in Case Warns Court Against Fraud in Will
In Chicago July 15 A P counsel in the McGi ntock million dollar will case challenged the court. James Hamilton Lewis former senator from Illinois unexpectedly spoke as an associate of lawyers for an anonymous client X. He warned the court against admitting a purported will offered by William Darling Shepherd, the principal beneficiary. The cousins and other counsel expressed surprise at Lewis's intervention and questioned the identity of his client.
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Chicago
A. P
McGiintock
James Hamilton Lewis
Nelinois
Lewis
Aldy
Vedunsel
Wil- Nelson McClintock
William Darling Shepherd
Weyn- Kirkland
Shepferd
Anai
Shepherd
Visits Grade Schools Inspection Report by County Physician
An inspection of county district schools has been made by E R Keith county physician for this year. The report covers fire lighting heating ventilation water supply and sanitary conditions. Schools not opened for inspection include Lakeview Spring Creek Eyebright Hesper Siegel Oakdale Walnut Grove Pleasant Valley Enterprise Barker Washing Rocky Globe Old Belvoir Eu dora esportine Pleasant Grove High Prairie Lone Star Vinland Juddra India Midland Oak Ridge Growder Independence Weaver Prairie City.
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E.R. Keith
Keith
Lakeview
Spring Creek
Eybright
Hesper
Siegel
Qakale
Walnut Grove
Pleasant Valley
Enterprise
Barker
Barker, Washing 4Rocky Globe, Old Belvoir
Eudora
Esportine
Pleasant Grove
Prairie
Lone Star
Vinland
Yuddra
India
Midland
Oak Ridge
Independence
Weaver
Prairie City
Honors grave of D A R member marked in local cemetery
The Erie Pad chapter D A R plans to mark the grave of Mrs Isabell M Johnson Savage Conway a daughter of the Revolution. Relatives have been informed that her grave is one of only two D A R registered rest places for daughters of soldiers of the American Revolution in the area. Conway died nine years ago and was the daughter of Phillip Johnson who served under George Washington.
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Asiated Press
Isabell M. Johnson Savage Komyay
Erie
Connways
Brig
Eleanor: Hoppack
Conway
Phillip Johnson
George Washington
Aulex Awarded Coal Contract By County Officials
County commissioners awarded Allen Coal Co. the contract to supply coal for the jail and county farm at 6.35 per ton. Other bids included Orley Ian Moore at 6.29 and ali Co i at 6.94. A $25,000 capital charter was granted by the state charter board in Topeka.
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Reb
Allen
The
Allen Coal Co
Coal
Aes Ae Lawrents
State- Charter Board
Topeka
Elder i
Presiiding Lawyee-In
Peneer
Mangum
Okla
Okahoma City
Associated Press
Mangry Ok
United States
Winston primer row into court in Topeka clash
In Shawnee county court Judge James A. McClure heard a bid for a permanent injunction against adopting the Winston primer in Kansas schools. Miss Elizabeth Wooster testified the book lacks number lessons and contains unreal cruel pictures, fueling opposition from Topeka Good Government Club and other groups.
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Topeka
A. P
Text ‘Book Commission
Shawnee County
James A. McClure
Kansas
Topeka Good Government Club
Kansas State Federation of Labor
Women’s Christian Temperance Union
Elizabeth Lorraine Wooster
State Superintendent of Public Instruction
Winston
Paul Heinz
Good Government
Tule
Miss Wooster
Faye
Robert Storie
McClure
Heinz
Bele
Ste
Yan
Wooster
Rufians Meet Defeat At Fez In French Morocco
Fez and Tara in French Morocco saw Abd al Krim's Riffians mount two attacks on positions guarding Fez. the French repelled both assaults as Riffians pressed near Aicha Bab aroul Te near Taza.
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Fez
French Morocco
Associated, Press
Fritach
Abd-ieh Krim
Tara
Aik
Aicha
Babaroul
Taza
Cool Weather Forecast By Government Meteorologist
Kansas City July 15 cool temperatures predicted for tonight and Friday by P. Connor government meteorologist. Partly cloudy skies expected with chances of showers.
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Kansas City
P. Connor
Barks
Railroads to cut grain hay rates under Interstate plan
The Interstate Commerce Commission ordered Oklahoma railroads to reduce rates on grain hay and related products moving out of the state into Kansas Missouri and Texas. A distance based scale for wheat sets seven cents per hundred pounds for ten miles and forty one cents for 800 miles with proportional short moves. Rates for panhandle Texas and eastern New Mexico shipments will follow Oklahoma levels plus a differential ranging from one cent above to several cents higher for longer distances. The Texas railroad commission was asked to act on an Oklahoma complaint alleging interstate discrimination.
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Washington
A. P
Oklahoma
Texas
Panhandle
New Mexico
Too Soon Traffic Allowed On Fresh Massachusetts Paving
A horse with sharp shoes trod the 800 block and stamped its hooves cracking the early resurfaced Massachusetts pavement. Officials said asphalt needed eleven hours to set, but some stretches stood only eight hours before traffic was permitted.
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Massachusetts
Killed in car wreck near Hoyt in July heat
A car crash seven miles west of Hoyt injured Marie E. McKay 28 of Topeka and her daughter Arline after a steering knuckle broke. McKay's brother James Cruse of Topeka sustained injuries. Marie McKay died later? the record notes the accident that morning.
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Topeka
Hon
Marie E. McKay
Geleagoy
Hoyt
Kansas Electric Power eyes rural lines to Lawrence area
Plans to build four electric distribution lines into rural sections around Lawrence are under consideration by Kansas Electric Power. The project depends on securing an average of five users per mile to keep costs low. Local residents along the proposed route are opposing the new lines while the company awaits authorization from its general office to proceed. The routes would run toward Eudora, Kelwaka, Pleasant Grove and Six Corners.
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Lawrence
Kansas Electric Power Company
Jo. T. Skinner
Fecal
Skinner
Eudora
Kalewaka
Pleasant Grove
Six Corners
Reed's Partner Dies After Long Illness in Rochester
L C Boyle a Kansas City lawyer and former Democratic Populist fusion candidate for Kansas attorney general died in Rochester Minnesota after goitre and abdominal surgeries. He was James A Reed's longtime law partner and Kansas public official who served as Bourbon County attorney and later Kansas attorney general.
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Rochester
Minn
Associated Press
L. C. Boyle
Kansas City
James A. Reed
Reed
Boyle
Louis C. Boyle
Kansas
Ays
Beneral
Bourbon County
Port Colbern
Canada
Colorado
Ann Arbor
Mich
Allen Plans Four Week Trip and Coaching Work
Dr and Mrs F C Allen and family will leave Sunday for Springfield Missouri where Dr Allen will conduct a coaching school at the Springfield Normal school for one week. They will then undertake a four week motor trip including the Ozarks and possibly Kentucky and Tennessee. From August 25 to September 5 Dr Allen will run a basketball coaching course at Drury College with Knute Rockne and Harry Gill associated, per Dr Allen.
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F.C. Allen
Springfield
Eighty arrested in Brooklyn counterfeit ring probe
New York July 15. Arrest of eight alleged counterfeiters in Brooklyn during the past eighteen hours made a total of eighty arrests by local secret service agents in one of the most extensive counterfeit rings uncovered in the country. Eleven girls were among those arrested.
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New York
A. P
Brooklyn
Control of Fraternal Aid Union Remains With M Dolleyend Associates
Telegram from W C Simons at the Fraternal Aid Union convention in Colorado Springs reports continued growth and prosperity. Control remains with Dolley, Sweeney and associates, reflecting numerical strength and good will. Baty elected secretary. new officers are loyal to Lawrence and will push advancement of the society.
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W.C. Simons
Fraternal Aid Union
Celeration Springs
Rmains
Dolley
Sweeney
Baty
Lawrence
Red Star route expanding with rising traffic in Kansas and Oklahoma
Floyd Elliot of Iola, manager of the Red Star highway, reports traffic on the Ottawa to Lawrence stretch rising from 100–150 tourist cars daily toward a projected 300 by August 15. Markings are added toward Kansas City and St Joseph connections. A hard surfaced road will reach 275 miles from Anderson County north to south of Tulsa by October 1, with a major booster trip now planned for September after June postponement.
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Floyd Elliot
Iola
Red Star Highway
Lawrence
Ottawa
Elliot
Kansas City
St. Joseph
St. Joe
Lake
Anderson County
Tulsa
Okla
National League keeps lively ball amid home run surge
National League magnates in executive session voted to continue using the current lively baseball in the face of a rising home run rate across the major leagues. The decision was announced from New York after the meeting.
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National
New York
Kassociatted Press
Dam Improvement Plan Faces Public Service Commission Decision
A potential agreement on widening the Kanever dam and raising crest by about a foot to improve flood conditions in Grant township and North Lawrence is discussed as the Kansas Public Utilities Commission reviews the Bowersock Milling Co proposal. Three engineers from the milling firm state the plan, including a sluice, would ease floods if approved, while residents fear increased hazards. No final agreement exists and the commission seeks protection for nearby residents before any order is issued.
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Kansas Public Service Commission
Topeka
Bowersock Milling Company
Public Utilities Commission
Grant Township
North Lawrence
Lerty
Case
Public Service Commission
C. S. Rarick
Bowersock Milling Co
Malone Finds No Fault With Pray eree Prayer
Dayton Tenn July 16 AOP Prayer as prayer is not objected to by counsel for the defense of Jatin Thomas Scopes Dudley Field Malone said today What we do object to is deliverance in the court room in the presence of the jury of argumentative prayers which might have influence upon the jury Clarence Darrow urged that no attempt be made by means of prayer or any offer to influence deliberation and consideration of the facts in the case
County Reports Approved by County Commissioners
Quarterly fees collected by county officers totalled probate judge , county clerk 170.75 , register of deeds 1045.55 , county attorney 57.50 , and clerk of the district court 502.90. Also notes about Sisters of St Joseph acquiring Wichita hospital for 150090 and other scattered items.
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